
Directing
Hossam El Dine Mostafa
Born — Died
1926-05-05 — 2000-02-22
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Directing
Credits
43 titles
Hossam El Din Mostafa, one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, was born in Port Said. With the early 50s, he aspired to travel to the United States to study film directing, and was fortunate when he stood as an executive director for international director Cecil Demel in the movie The Ten Commandments in 1956. He directed 100 films from 1956 to 1994. He's best known for The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket, The Black Glasses, The Enemy Brothers and The Kings of Evil. He also directed TV series including The Knights, Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan, Heroes and Eagle of the East. He passed away in 2000 at the age of 74, leaving a rich account of important films and purposeful dramas.
Known for
4.8Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
Alexandria Again and Forever
1989
7.7A young man working in Alexandria marries his beautiful sweetheart, which is desired by a senior official in the Socialist Union uses his influence to get the husband unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to 25 years. And then comes out to avenge those who imprisoned him.
El Zalem Wel Mazloom
1989
7.0An adventure of money, love and betrayal in the deserts of Egypt at the site of El Alamein battle of WWII. Great locations and photography and non stop action, one of the best Egyptian thrillers. Three smugglers in their way back from the boarders after a successful operation but greed takes over and one of the three is killed, the last two must work together but they can never trust each other again, one steals the money but he discovers it's counterfeit and now they have to find the dead partner's daughter to retrieve the real money, a new friend of the girl join the adventure after helping her dying father and learned about the money where about the four go deep in a WWII landmines area to reach the hidden stash; fighting against the desert sun, storms, outlaws, thirst and above all each other as schemes of love and betrayal continues.
The Bad Guys
1970
3.0An adaptation of “Crime and Punishment", a young educated man's descent into madness and paranoia after committing a crime, and finding comfort in the company of kind-hearted but abused poor prostitute in the middle of his turmoil.
Sonya and the Madman
1977
NRAshraf works for the Baher Tourism Company. After returning from Beirut to buy a brilliant car. It turns out that the car was a smuggler for a gang headed by Murad together with Baher. Baher discovers that the checks that Ashraf signed for the price of the car had been stolen, thus Ashraf becomes its owner. His friends take advantage of the opportunity to pretend each of them in front of his girlfriend to own the car. Baher kidnapped Madiha, Ashraf's fiancée, to pressure him to return checks, thinking that he was hiding them.
El Banat Wel Mercedes
1973
NRHamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.
Shayatteen El-bahr
1972
Film credits
1960s · 2 titles
NRAfter Ismail’s father Ismail is killed, and his mother marries the owner of the company that his dead father worked for, Ahmed turns away to get to know Rouhia, marry her, and live in peace, until the imprisoned Rouhia’s father escapes, to cause a series of surprises.
Serr el hareba
1963
7.0A rich young man named Ahmed falls in love with a poor girl called Farida, but he does not know that she is poor. To make a plan to present it to his family by hiring a group of compars to reunite the personalities of the wealthy unique family.
Chakawet rejala
1966
Behind the camera
7.7A young man working in Alexandria marries his beautiful sweetheart, which is desired by a senior official in the Socialist Union uses his influence to get the husband unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to 25 years. And then comes out to avenge those who imprisoned him.
El Zalem Wel Mazloom
1989
7.0An adventure of money, love and betrayal in the deserts of Egypt at the site of El Alamein battle of WWII. Great locations and photography and non stop action, one of the best Egyptian thrillers. Three smugglers in their way back from the boarders after a successful operation but greed takes over and one of the three is killed, the last two must work together but they can never trust each other again, one steals the money but he discovers it's counterfeit and now they have to find the dead partner's daughter to retrieve the real money, a new friend of the girl join the adventure after helping her dying father and learned about the money where about the four go deep in a WWII landmines area to reach the hidden stash; fighting against the desert sun, storms, outlaws, thirst and above all each other as schemes of love and betrayal continues.
The Bad Guys
1970
7.0An adventure of money, love and betrayal in the deserts of Egypt at the site of El Alamein battle of WWII. Great locations and photography and non stop action, one of the best Egyptian thrillers. Three smugglers in their way back from the boarders after a successful operation but greed takes over and one of the three is killed, the last two must work together but they can never trust each other again, one steals the money but he discovers it's counterfeit and now they have to find the dead partner's daughter to retrieve the real money, a new friend of the girl join the adventure after helping her dying father and learned about the money where about the four go deep in a WWII landmines area to reach the hidden stash; fighting against the desert sun, storms, outlaws, thirst and above all each other as schemes of love and betrayal continues.
The Bad Guys
1970
3.0An adaptation of “Crime and Punishment", a young educated man's descent into madness and paranoia after committing a crime, and finding comfort in the company of kind-hearted but abused poor prostitute in the middle of his turmoil.
Sonya and the Madman
1977
NRAshraf works for the Baher Tourism Company. After returning from Beirut to buy a brilliant car. It turns out that the car was a smuggler for a gang headed by Murad together with Baher. Baher discovers that the checks that Ashraf signed for the price of the car had been stolen, thus Ashraf becomes its owner. His friends take advantage of the opportunity to pretend each of them in front of his girlfriend to own the car. Baher kidnapped Madiha, Ashraf's fiancée, to pressure him to return checks, thinking that he was hiding them.
El Banat Wel Mercedes
1973
NRHamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.
Shayatteen El-bahr
1972
8.0Three prisoners escape from prison trying each of them to implement a random idea wandering around in his mind, the first tries to steal a smuggling gang, the second tries to retrieve the girlfriend for whom he entered the prison, and the third returns to retrieve what he had hid under a tree.
Al-Masageen Al-Talata
1968
NRThe film revolves around Shafiq (Farid Shawqi), the leader of a drug smuggling gang, who decides to stop dealing drugs, but intends to carry out his last and biggest operation so that he can devote himself to raising his son. However, his biggest competitor, Al-Hout (Mahmoud Al-Meligy), and his men are watching Shafiq and learn about the operation, so they set up an ambush for him and inform the police to trap him. However, Shafiq and his men are able to deceive the police and escape from the predicament, and they escape with the goods from them.
Molok Al Shar
1972
NRSabrina's mother is sick, and her aunt visits them to check on the health of her sister. At the Police College, after being attracted to Sabrina and promised to marry, but the aunt is determined to marry her son Idiot Mohammed to ensure service to the whole family.
Sabreen
1975
NRThe story revolves around a national political association in the 1940s, joined by a group of national youth, who see violence as one of the most important means of overthrowing the regime.
The Devils
1977
NRa TV movie based on an Agatha Christie's novel
Victims Hotel
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7.0Saadawi, Fattouh and Azab, prisoners in Abu Zaabal prison after serving their sentence, decide to repent of a life of crime, and after they get out of prison, they find themselves in a confrontation with teacher Abdul Razek, who refuses to restore the rights to Azab.
The Three Devils
1964
8.0Mansour entrusts Hossam, the son of one of his friends, to watch his daughter, Noura, while on a trip to Ismailia. They fall in love with each other, but she finds out that he was hired to follow her. She agrees to get engaged to an unemployed man to get back at Hossam.
Shatte'e El-Marah
1967
NRNo one can confront the Al-Dafrawi gang, which is wreaking havoc. An idiot young man with a drum wanders around the town, and a girl from the village sympathizes with him, but does not love him back. We discover that this idiot is none other than the leader of the gang.
Harib min Al-Ayyam
1965
NRThree teenage friends spend their time on adventures and neglect their studies, they are asked to the army to perform military service, they succeed in training and study during service. After the end of the military service, they decide to benefit from what they studied in the army by participating in the resistance of the Englishmen in the channel, and he spoke to them more serious and exciting adventures.
El mughammerun el talata
1965
NRAbdullah is a judge who asks court guard Farghali to bring him a maid, he goes to the poor Shohrat who needs money for her children and her addict husband . She has an affair with the judge who gives her money. But when he decides to refrain from paying her, she leaves and he looks for her everywhere.
The City's Lost Souls
1974
6.0It tells stories of webs of drug dealing, rivalry, revenge and murder among the residents of al batneyya, a place so corrupt and well bonded among each other, even the police struggles with it.
Al-Batniyya
1980
8.0The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her.
الأخوة الأعداء
1974
8.0The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her.
الأخوة الأعداء
1974
5.7The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed, from a well known man in power, ambitious cunning youngster, to chivalrous college professor, despite such corrupt business ,true love found a place in some hearts.
Alley of Love
1983
NRThe widow, Wafiya, is surprised that she has to pay a sum of money to the bank to pay off her husband's debt. Adham proposes to her daughter Farha in exchange for paying the sum, and she agrees. They agree to keep their marriage a secret. Adham dies and his father, Mahmoud, and Saeed are surprised by his marriage. The lawyer waits until Farha gives birth to determine the division of the inheritance. The brothers agree with the midwife to strangle the newborn in exchange for giving her a sum of money.
El-Mulk Lellah
1990
NR(Zahira) is a poor girl who lives with her rich relative (Aziz Al-Naji). His wife (Alfat) wants to get rid of Zahira, so she facilitates her marriage to (Abdo), a simple baker. However, Zahira is looking for something higher and better than the baker. The neighborhood bully helps her divorce Abdo and marry the rich man (Mohamed Al-Faskhani).
Shahd Al-Maleka
1985
9.3Four thieves robbed a house and stole his wealth and killed the owner of the house, his wife and daughter and set fire to the house, but (Ahmed) was hiding under the bed watching criminals, Ahmad grows up and becomes a club karate champion, and after he knows that (Saber) who was wrongfully accused of the crime He got out of prison, deciding to take revenge on his family's killers.
Al Abtaal
1974
5.0Gasser, who works in one of the quarries, goes to the prostitute Hamida who falls in love with him. Metwally, who works with Gasser in the quarry, loves her, which leads the two men onto a dangerous path.
A Woman and a Man
1971
NRThree young guys Ismail, Refaat and Hamada rob the safe of an antique store. After that, they part, and each of them goes his own way. And when they have new financial difficulties, they meet again and agree to rob a bank together.
End of the devils
1970
5.0The events take place in Wikalet El-Balah, where Master Nehmatullah takes controls of the trade in the region by getting rid of her competitors. She marries the poor young Abdullah and makes him in charge of everything which turns the events upside down.
Wikalet El-Balah Market
1982
NRSuddenly, she began to work, alone in a wide house, alone in a wide house, and through this boldness in the woman from defeating the lawyer, the amusement turns into sincere love.
Thickets of stems
1974
NRAzab is a simple employee whose life gets complicated when his brother Samir falls for a prostitute. As Samir tries to help his sweetheart recover from her addiction, she steals some money that was in Azab's custody and Azab is accused of stealing the money.
Al-Sakakeni
1986
7.0Hafez takes advantage of his presidency of the Childhood Protection Association and his knowledge of the rich families, to cover up his criminal activity in which he kidnaps the children of these families in exchange for ransom.
A Hero Till the End
1963
NRA juvenile reform prison hires a psychologist, Dr. Essmat, to help in the reformation and rehabilitation of the girls in the prison. As he studies their cases and tries to find solutions for their problems, the compassionate Dr. Essmat is confronted with the numerous problems that led the girls to be imprisoned. When one of the girls claims that he raped her he finds himself in trouble with the prison administration, but when she reveals the truth the girls take a different view towards Dr. Essmat and try to help him achieve his goals in reforming them.
The Victims
1975
7.0The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no education or tangible skills, the man’s only salvation lies in finding his mysterious, rich father whom he has never met. Moving from Alexandria to Cairo, the man becomes embroiled in an affair, while also falling for a pure-hearted journalist who is attempting to assist him in his aimless, futile journey. Adapted from Naguib Mahfouz’s 1964 novel of the same title.
The Road
1964
6.2The story of the assassination of Lord Moyne, the British Minister for the Colonies, by a Jewish gang for his support of the Palestinians. The two killers are arrested by Major Abdullah, and Detective Ahmed Ezzat takes charge of the investigation, infiltrating the gang as events unfold.
A Crime in the Calm Neighbourhood
1967
9.0One of the princesses dies after hiding some of her jewelry in one of the salon chairs in the palace and informs Ashour her servant that the wealth is for her daughter residing abroad, and he knows that the rest of the palace servants and the servants of the hotel in which she was staying, each of them tries to win the fortune alone, Ashour seeks to hand over Treasure to his companions.
Very funny world
1968
9.0One of the princesses dies after hiding some of her jewelry in one of the salon chairs in the palace and informs Ashour her servant that the wealth is for her daughter residing abroad, and he knows that the rest of the palace servants and the servants of the hotel in which she was staying, each of them tries to win the fortune alone, Ashour seeks to hand over Treasure to his companions.
Very funny world
1968
6.0Tariq is a straight architect, the mother of his fiancé Maha refuses to complete their marriage because he refuses to take bribery to improve his financial condition. He becomes a drug addict and meets the runaway hooker Hamida who decides to repent. They get married without knowing the truth about each other.
The Path of Remorse
1987
7.0Salem was arrested for a crime he was not involved in. His brother-in-law Kamel has sinned with a young girl who becomes pregnant, so Salem takes her to have an abortion but she dies during the operation. When Salem knows that his wife is in critical condition,he wants to see her and tell her the truth.
Word of Honour
1973
6.0Mohamed is a soldier who finds himself in Gaza after the defeat in the 1967 War. He returns to his native village feeling broken and depressed after witnessing the deaths of his fellow soldiers. He still loves Fatima but her father wants her to marry Abbas who exploits the farmers and eventually rapes her.
The Bullet is Still in My Pocket
1974
NRAfter her husband's death, Sahar discovers that he was a member of a gang whose members stole 100,000 pounds, and that the money was in her husband's possession. The gang begins to attack her in order to recover her share of the stolen money, demanding the money from her or else she will be killed as well, and events unfold.
Esabat El Shaytaan
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الشجعان الثلاثة
1969
NRWith the jewelry, Naji then betrayed Aziz and handed him over to the police, and Camellia delayed getting her share. Naji had a relationship with his shop worker, Nashwa, and he had previously deprived the hostess, Suhair, of her honor and delayed her marriage.
The fox and the chameleon
1970
